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Former RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy was interviewed on a recent episode of "Inappropriate Earl", the podcast from Los Angeles stand-up comic Earl Skakel. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about his most recent split with RATT, Pearcy said: "It's a permanent vacation. I mean, 30 years is enough ...

On Wednesday, August 13, Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER played a special "secret" concert at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, California as part of the venue's 21st-anniversary week of shows. The band, formerly known as DANGER KITTY, METAL SHOP and METAL SKOOL, performed an eight-song set under the name JAM PRANCER. According to ...

KIX's seventh album, "Rock Your Face Off", is available for streaming in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. The CD was released on August 5 via Loud & Proud Records. For KIX, not recording any new music for two decades has been far too long. Fans have made it known for years that they ...

Fan-filmed video footage of QUIET RIOT's August 2 performance at the Yamhill County Fair in McMinnville, Oregon can be seen below. In a brand new interview with MLive.com, QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali spoke about the band's decision to enlist Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, ADLER'S APPETITE, RATT) as its new lead singer ...

In a brand new interview with MLive.com, QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali spoke about the band's decision to enlist Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, ADLER'S APPETITE, RATT) as its new lead singer following the departure of Scott Vokoun. "There is the misconception that Jizzy is the fourth [QUIET RIOT] singer [since the band ...

Fan-filmed video footage of QUIET RIOT's July 23 performance at The Paramount in Huntington, New York can be seen below. QUIET RIOT released a new album, "10", on June 27 via iTunes and Amazon through RSM Records. The effort contains six new songs — including the single "Rock In Peace" — with the band's current ...

On July 23, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with KIX singer Steve Whiteman. You can now listen to the chat below. KIX's seventh album, "Rock Your Face Off", will be released on August 5 via Loud & Proud Records. For KIX, not recording any new music for two decades has been ...

Voyageur Press has set an August 15 release date for "The Big Book Of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History Of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade". In this ultimate guide to the subgenre, acclaimed heavy-metal journalist Martin Popoff examines hair metal in an all-encompassing oral history jacked up by a kaleidoscope of outrageous and previously unpublished ...

A 30-minute video recap of the June 1 private screening of the "Inside Metal: The Pioneers Of Los Angeles Rock And Metal (1975-1981)" documentary on MetalRock Films can be seen below. Featured in the video are interviews with several rock/metal artists that attended the screening, as well as photos and video segments from the June ...

"Coming Home", the new video from Michael Sweet, frontman for the Chiristian hard rock band STRYPER, can be seen below. The song is taken from Sweet's new full-length solo album, "I'm Not Your Suicide", which sold around 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 154 ...

Earlier this week, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen was interviewed on the "Shmonty And Conklin" radio show (web site), which airs on the 93.3 KDKB station in Phoenix, Arizona. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. Asked when it's going to be DEF LEPPARD's turn to be ...

The official lyric video for the new KIX song "Love Me With Your Top Down" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's seventh album, "Rock Your Face Off", set for release August 5 on Loud & Proud Records. For KIX, not recording any new music for two decades has been far ...

QUIET RIOT will release a new album, "10", on June 27 via iTunes and Amazon through RSM Records. The effort will contain six new songs — including the single "Rock In Peace" — with the band's current singer, Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, ADLER'S APPETITE, RATT), on vocals and four live tracks from 2007 with ...

Alex Richter of Hard N Fast conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS guitarist Damon Johnson when the band played the Theatre Of The Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 20. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Bassist Marco Mendoza left BLACK STAR RIDERS at the end of the band's ...

YarKub conducted an interview with PROJECT ROCK (formerly ROCKSTAR), the band featuring former and current members of JUDAS PRIEST, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE and AC/DC, during PROJECT ROCK's most recent tour of Russia in April. You can now watch the chat below. In an interview with Russia's Classic Rock magazine conducted the same month, PROJECT ...

For KIX, not recording any new music for two decades has been far too long. Fans have made it known for years that they want new music. And now, the time has finally come. The Maryland band is primed and ready to "Rock Your Face Off" with their seventh new album, set for release August ...

BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY guitarist/vocalist Ricky Warwick has posted a video update from BLACK STAR RIDERS' current North American tour. Check it out below. Bassist Marco Mendoza will leave BLACK STAR RIDERS at the end of the band's current U.S. tour on June 22 and will be replaced by Robbie Crane (RATT, VINCE ...

On May 25, David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham. You can now watch the chat below. Bassist Marco Mendoza will leave BLACK STAR RIDERS at the end of the band's current U.S. tour on June 22 and will be replaced by ...

Russia's Classic Rock magazine has uploaded a 14-minute video report on the April 18 concert in Moscow from PROJECT ROCK (formerly ROCKSTAR), the new band featuring former and current members of JUDAS PRIEST, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE and AC/DC. The clip includes performance footage as well as an interview with the group's lead singer, Tim ...

"I'm Not Your Suicide", the new full-length solo album from Michael Sweet, frontman for the Chiristian hard rock band STRYPER, sold around 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 154 on The Billboard 200 chart. The future remains bright for Sweet, who has endured heartbreaking ...

Video footage of PROJECT ROCK (formerly ROCKSTAR) — the new band featuring former and current members of JUDAS PRIEST, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE and AC/DC — performing its first-ever original song, "Here's To Us", on April 18 at Izvestia Hall in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. The studio version of "Here's To Us" was ...

Michael Sweet, frontman for the Chiristian hard rock band STRYPER, has just released a new full-length solo album, "I'm Not Your Suicide", and his first autobiography, "Honestly: My Life And Stryper Revealed", via BIG3 Records. The official video for Sweet's cover of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold", a duet between the STRYPER frontman and MEGADETH ...

Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with current QUIET RIOT singer Jizzy Pearl (formerly of LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, ADLER'S APPETITE and RATT) on April 29 at the Newport Beach Film Festival. You can now watch the chat below. "Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back: The Quiet ...

On April 28, Eddie Trunk — co-host of the VH1 Classic television program "That Metal Show" — conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer for Eddie's show "Trunk Nation", which airs live Mondays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST on SiriusXM's Hair Nation, XM channel 39 and Sirius channel 39. A couple of ...